A man once accused of being one of the world’s top three spammers has agreed to pay -million in a settlement with Microsoft, the software maker announced on Tuesday. The money will be used to boost efforts to combat the illegal sending of unsolicited and misleading e-mail known as spam, a Microsoft news release said.
Microsoft released the first major test version of the Windows Vista operating system on Wednesday, giving a limited number of programmers and technology professionals the opportunity to test drive the highly awaited — and much delayed — program.
Microsoft dropped the code name Longhorn on Friday, announcing the next version of its flagship Windows operating system will be called Windows Vista. The world’s largest software maker also said it will release the first of two test versions to developers and information technology professionals by August 3.
Microsoft is rolling out a test version of an all-in-one subscription service that will give computer users automated security updates, back up their files and run tune-ups to make their machines speedier. The Redmond-based software company is distributing Windows OneCare to its 60 000 employees this week.
Microsoft released five security bulletins to fix flaws that could allow an attacker to take complete control of someone else’s computer system. The security flaws rated ”critical” — Microsoft’s highest threat level — affect the company’s Windows computer operating system, Internet Explorer browser, MSN Messenger, Microsoft Word software and Exchange server system.
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Microsoft said on Monday it has settled two major antitrust disputes, ending more than a decade of challenges and possibly undermining European and United States antitrust cases against the firm. Microsoft has agreed to pay -million to end the dispute over Netware with Novell, and has made peace with the hostile trade group, the Computer & Communications Industry Association.
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Microsoft plans a December 1 release for the latest version of its server software that aims to give companies more secure instant messaging and other corporate communications tools. The standard version of Microsoft’s Live Communications Server 2005 will start at around , said Taylor Collyer, senior director of product management, about the same as the previous version.
Microsoft released a long-awaited security update for its Windows XP program on Friday, a response to the growing number of security shortcomings in the market-dominant computer operating system. The free upgrade won’t be available to everyone right away, however.
Microsoft may be best known for its dominant Windows product, but on Thursday Bill Gates touted software that’s far afield from your basic operating system. How about software that can recognise a picture of a bar code taken with your cell phone, and provide you with product information?
Microsoft said on Tuesday it will use its massive cash reserve for a -billion share buyback over four years and to pay out a special dividend amounting to -billion dollars. The world’s biggest software firm, sitting on a pile of some -billion in cash, said the moves were part of an effort to deliver an estimated -billion to its shareholders.
Microsoft is unveiling copyright protection software to allow rented songs or movies to be used on portable players, cellular phones and other devices. The company’s latest ”digital rights management” software, code-named Janus, was released on Monday.
It’s time to stop taking television addicts for granted, Microsoft chairperson Bill Gates told advertising executives. Gates said on Friday advertising executives need to prepare for a world in which people will watch TV how and when they want to — and advertisers will need to figure out how to get commercials to them anyway.
As Lyndsay Williams trudged along snow-covered paths and passed by shop windows one recent day in Cambridge, England, so too did her SenseCam — automatically snapping hundreds of photos along the way. Later that day, Williams could have used those pictures to figure out where she’d left her car keys, or to show a friend the sweater she saw in a window.
When Microsoft unveiled a multimillion-dollar makeover of its MSN Internet-browsing software last fall, the company had nine-million subscribers and a -million marketing campaign designed to draw hordes of new customers.
Microsoft Corporation is releasing a preview version of its newest instant-messaging service, which can now support video and allows users to send photos or play games against one another.